Dude, the Bills STINK without Allen. As in gunning-for-last-overall godawful.
Nobody across the league would consider any part of this Bills team or coaching staff as "top tier" Diggs, Milano, very good, but not elite.
So let's go down the list of "contenders" and their QBs..
- Eagles without Hurts: still very good (remember: Philly won a SB with their backup)
- Niners without Turdy: (God knows how many QBs that team has cycled through): still very good.
- Cowboys without Dak: no problem. CeeDee Lam over Diggs everyday.
- Bengals without Burrow: as everyone can see, still in the hunt.
- Chiefs without Mahomes: Again, winning division titles with Alex Smith.
- Dolphins with Tua but WITHOUT Tyreek: lost to the woeful Bears
- Ravens without Lamar - they looked better and more balanced last season with Tyler Huntley
Bills absolutely SUCK without Josh Allen, while the same cannot be said of the other contenders.
Awful without him? What does that mean? If they didn't have him and had Mahomes, Burrow or some other top guy they wouldn't do worse. Chiefs aren't winning shit withpout Mahomes So, yeah. What makes it worse is Allen is probably the best or 2nd best athlete at QB and most well rounded but it doesn't mean much because passing is king and running can be as big of a problem as a benefit
Such lazy analysis, based basically on just hypotheticals and odd/past examples- Eagles without Hurts: still very good (remember: Philly won a SB with their backup)
- Niners without Turdy: (God knows how many QBs that team has cycled through): still very good.
- Cowboys without Dak: no problem. CeeDee Lam over Diggs everyday.
- Bengals without Burrow: as everyone can see, still in the hunt.
- Chiefs without Mahomes: Again, winning division titles with Alex Smith.
- Dolphins with Tua but WITHOUT Tyreek: lost to the woeful Bears
- Ravens without Lamar - they looked better and more balanced last season with Tyler Huntley
Bills absolutely SUCK without Josh Allen, while the same cannot be said of the other contenders.
-What does Philly winning a Super Bowl in 2018 have anything to do with them being good without Hurts? They lost 2 of their 3 games without him last year with Minshew -- who is an upper tier backup
-The 49ers are likely a solid team without Purdy, but they looked pretty reliant on him at the end of last year TBH. Purdy is outstanding, a pretty clear upgrade to Jimmy G and I doubt they want Sam Darnold to take the field
-Dak has been outstanding this year. Cooper Rush has proven he can come in, but again that was last year. And usually backup QB's tend to regress after a hot start
-Bengals - basically ame point as Cowboys above. Browning has proven a competent QB, but what happens when defenses adjust to the newer offense they're running? The system has been very different with Browning under center
-How would the Chiefs be without Mahomes THIS YEAR? Mahomes has absolute trash at WR, and they drop more balls by far than anyone
-When did the Dolphins lose to the Bears? They lost to the Titans, but the Bills lost to the Patriots and Jets
-Ravens struggled MIGHTILY without Lamar last year. Kept surviving low scoring games because of their defense improving. Go look at their offense without Lamar last year......dreadful
The logic here is so flawed, and the sample size for any of this stuff is so short anyways
Burrow is a pretty good scrambler. That's why the calf injury limited them. You could see him run well once the calf returned to near normal and their offense started to gel. He made some clutch as shit plays against the Chiefs with his legs as well to help them win that AFC ChampionshipHere's what happens to JoeyB when he tries to be Josh Allen.
What makes Burrow so elite? Can he scramble out of trouble? No!
His passing? "But, but, but... he's soooooo accurate!" LOL
As you can see, so is Browning throwing to ball to Velcro receivers.
Probably moves within the pocket better than any QB in the NFL -- doesn't make mistakes there.
Could use similar logic with Allen trying to "be like Burrow"
Rumors schmoomers. Nope.
Billy B is the tightest lipped guy in all of sports. Despite what "they" say, nobody outside of Billy B and the two Krafts know anything. And I would doubt at this point if there is any certainty between them. Sometime after the season is over, we'll know. And none of the all knowings will have known anything.
Pats 1283 (where is he?) and I had this conversation a few weeks ago. I think Kraft(s) and Belli work things out and he is right back here next year. Maybe with a new GM understanding.
I know Belli wants to continue to coach. HERE! He loves what he does. But would he love it as much if he had to start over somewhere else? The lure of money doesn't mean anything to a guy like Belli who is already set. Some guys in their seventies love what they do and want to continue doing it. But most guys in their seventies do not like start overs.
We'll all see in a month or two. I sure hope he stays here. I've watched him coach for too long. I watch all the other coaches around the league and I watched a lot of coaches here before Belli. He is the GOAT. You don't replace a GOAT easily.
Any top 5 QB could get most teams to the playoffs. So, what Allen is doing isn't proof because at one point a team sucked and now they don't. They sucked because teams with trash QBs suck. It is why titles are king. Aikman started on a horrible Cowboys team but no one thinks he is better than Montana and he won 3. I mean Allen Iverson took a dump 76ers to the finals maybe he is GOAT. No need to look at Jordans titles
The Eagles are well managed, balanced contenders year in and year out. They were that way before Hurts arrived. They've been in the conversation every year since they won the SB.
Ditto for the Chiefs - division titles and playoff runs before Mahomes.
The Niners are the Niners year in year out - they define "system QB"
Burrow isn't making the playoffs with this Bills roster the last few years, and certainly not a difference maker winning titles even though he has elite WRs better than anyone. He'd be average, at best, playing for teams in the league not named the Eagles, Cowboys, Bengals, Niners, Chiefs etc.
JoeyB's secret sauce ("accuracy") are the weapons catching his balls, so he should give some of that 300m to Chase and Higgins. Perhaps then they'd actually stick around come contract time. LOL
